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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport does Jay say he played growing up in “You Can Hold Onto Me if You Need To"?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Basketball.

2. What is Jay's mother's profession?
(a) She is a judge.
(b) She is an oncologist.
(c) She is a lawyer.
(d) She is a journalist.

3. Where does Seth work during the day in "Unanswered"?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A sock store.
(c) A pet store.
(d) A candy store.

4. The narrator opens the Prologue with the line, "It was a day of soil, sunlight, and" what (xiii)?
(a) "Food."
(b) "Smoke."
(c) "Laughter."
(d) "Music."

5. On what date is Jun's letter to Jay dated in "The Strength of My Conviction"?
(a) March 4, 2012.
(b) May 12, 2005.
(c) September 12, 2011.
(d) September 29, 2013.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college does Seth say the Unibomber attended in "Wisdom from on High"?

2. How does Jay's mother say Jun died in "An Improvement to Society"?

3. What does Mia say she is studying in “You Can Hold Onto Me if You Need To"?

4. How is the weather described as Jay arrives at church with his uncle's family in "The Word of God"?

5. Who does Jay tell his parents asked him to visit the Philippines in "Grounded"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Jay live? Where was he born and where did he grow up?

2. What does Jay's father say about his feelings of the Philippines in "Things Inside"?

3. In what ways are Jay and Jun similar? How are they different?

4. Where does Grace take Jay in "Lead the Way"? Why is this surprising?

5. What happens when Jay gives money to the beggar girl in “A New Silence Arrives"?

6. Why does Jay begin to panic after arriving at the airport in “A New Silence Arrives"?

7. What are balikbayan boxes and what do they symbolize?

8. How is the room that Jay is staying in described in “Some Small Rebellion"?

9. Who does Jay question about his missing letters in “Not an Answer to the Question"? Why?

10. Who does Jay encounter in Maning's office in “Not an Answer to the Question"? What happens in this encounter?

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